Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39555, Seth Fuller, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
Continental (Mass.) Fuller, Seth
NUMBER
S. 39555
CONTENTS

19. 289 R.
VERMONT
Seth Fuller
of Windsor Co in the state of Vermont who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Wood of the regiment commanded by Colonel Sams in the M th line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of March 1824
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of June 1824 and Seth Benjamin Swan Esq Woodstock Vermont.
Arrears to 4th of party Semi-ann. all ce ending Sept. 1824 547: 76
40 6.70 1-6 47.76
$ 47.76
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } March 1. 1824
Free July 19 1827 D. R. B.

Seth Fuller
Application for Pension
2 pages

State of Vermont } At a County Court begun & holden at Woodstock within Windsor County } and for the County of Windsor on the first Monday in March Anno Domini Eighteen hundred & twenty four. —
On this 6 th day of March 1824, being the sixth day of said Term, personally appeared in open Court, the same being a Court of Record agreeably to the Laws of this State, having the power of fine & imprisonment, &c, Seth Fuller aged sixty six years, resident in Hartford in the County of Windsor, who being Sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the provisions made by The Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that I the said Seth Fuller enlisted in the month of December 1775 in Capt. Wood's Company at Roxbury Massachusetts Col. Learmards Regiment of the Massachusetts line, a Fifer for one year and continued in the same Company the full term of one year, I again enlisted in the same Company for six weeks, was in the same Company & Col. Shepards Regiment of the Massachusetts line at the Battles of Trenton & Princeton, and some time in February 1777 I was discharged by said Col. Shepard at Chatham in the State of New Jersey - and that I am reduced in my circumstances and stand in need of Assistance from my Country for support I have ever been a Citizen of the United States. - And in pursuance of the Act of the first of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by Gift, Sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, an Act to provide for certain persons in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed except for the year to come I am to have the support of myself & Wife for what we can do, giving up the use of the property hereafter scheduled, and in the same time I am to pay twenty five Cents per Week for the taking care of my Daughter Susan, and pay the Doctor Bills —
one half of a dwelling House 150- one Horse 40- one Cow 18 - one Calf 3 - 61 one two year old 7- four Sheep 6 - 13 224- Household Furniture 40 Farming Tools 18 56 280-
Seth Fuller

This Deponant Family consists of a Wife aged Sixty two years, who is very infirm, and not so well as people of her age generally - One Daugh- ter named Susan aged Twenty two years who is very much out of health, and has been under the Doctor care for two years past, and still remains in the same situation - and your Deponant himself is infirm, and has lately lost the sight of one Eye by a hurt with which he has suffered much pain -
Sworn to and declared on the 6 th day of March 1824
Before said Court -
Abt Benj m Swan Clerk
State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court Windsor County ss ) For the County of Windsor, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule there to annexed, are truly copied from the record of said Court: - I Do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Two hundred and Eighty Dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Woodstock this Twenty sixth day of March A 1824 -
Benj m Swan Clerk County Ct

June 24, 1937
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BA-J/MCS Seth Fuller, S.39555
Mrs. Franklin N. Rogers 401 North River Road Manchester, New Hampshire
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 39555, based upon the military service of Seth Fuller.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Seth Fuller were not given.
He enlisted at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in December, 1775, served as fifer in Captain Isaac Wood's company in Colonels Learned's and Shepard's Massachusetts regiments, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and in a battle near East Chester, New York, and was discharged in February, 1777.
Seth Fuller was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1824, at which time he was sixty-six years of age and was living at Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont.
In 1824 he referred to his wife, aged sixty-two years, name not given, and to his daughter, Susan, aged twenty-two years. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Seth Fuller died July 19, 1837.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Seth Fuller Evidence of service

I, George Thomas of Woodstock in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of the age of sixty seven years do depose and say, that at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts in December 1775, I enlisted in Capt Isaac Wood's Company attached to a Regiment of the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment commanded then, by Col Learned, afterwards by Col Shepherd, for one year, and served the full term of my enlistment that I was well acquainted with Seth Fuller now of Hartford in the County of Windsor, who was a musician in the Company and Regiment aforesaid, that he enlisted at said Roxbury about the same time that I did and remained in the service until I was discharged which was in December 1776, and continued in the service after my discharge. I well know that he was in the Company and Regiment aforesaid, during all the term of my continuance in it. That said Fuller was in the service in a battle near East Chester (P.Y.) & in the battle of Trenton (N.J.)
George Thomas
State of Vermont } ss } Woodstock in the County Windsor ss } of Windsor this first day of August A.D. 1820 Personally appeared George Thomas and made solemn oath that the above affi- davit by him subscribed, contains the truth and nothing, but the truth - Before me
Job Lyman Just. of Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named George Thomas and that he is a man of truth and veracity.
Job Lyman Just. of Peace

I, Ebenezer Cox of Woodstock in the County of Windsor State of Vermont of the age of sixty one years do depose and say that in January 1776, I enlisted for one year at Roxbury (Mass) in a Company commanded by Capt. Isaac Wood in a Regiment of the Massachusetts line in the Continental army known then as the Continental Artillery. The said Company was commanded by Col. Learned, a flanking battery. The said Cox served the full term of my enlistment - that I was well acquainted with S er Fuller who was a musician in said Company and belonged to the same when I joined it - that he remained in said Company until the expiration of the term of our service which which was Jan. 1. 1777 and that said Fuller re-enlisted for the term of six weeks, at Trenton (N.J.) and served in the same Company aforesaid during the term of his last mentioned enlistment. That said Fuller was in the battle of Trenton (N.J.) with me and Ebenezer Cose honorably discharged at Chat-ham (N.J.)
State of Vermont } At Woodstock in the County of Windsor ss } Windsor this first day of August A.D. 1820 - Personally appeared Ebenezer Cox and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before me Job Lyman Just. of Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Ebenezer Cox and that he is a man of truth and veracity
Job Lyman Just. of Peace
State of Vermont } Windsor County ss }
Woodstock County Clerk's Office September 20 th A.D. 1820 This Certifies that Job Lyman is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Windsor, and that the foregoing signatures are in his hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court the day above - Being Isaac Clarke

June 24, 1937
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Mrs. Franklin N. Rogers 401 North River Road Manchester, New Hampshire
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Clough, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Seth Fuller, of Hartford, Vermont.
Their records are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 13, 1937
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Seth Fuller, S.39555 BA-J/MCS
Honorable Warren R. Austin United States Senate Washington, D.C.
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of January 11, 1937, requesting the record of a Revolutionary War soldier, Seth Fuller, who enlisted from Dedham, Massachusetts, and later lived in Francestown, New Hampshire.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.39555, based upon the military service of the only Seth Fuller that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of birth of Seth Fuller and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in December, 1775, served as a fifer in Captain Isaac Wood's company in Colonels Learned's and Shepard's Massachusetts regiments, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and in a battle near East Chester, New York, and was discharged in February, 1777.
Seth Fuller was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1824, at which time he was sixty-six years of age and was living at Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont.
In 1824 he referred to his wife, aged sixty-two years, name not given, and to his daughter, Susan, aged twenty-two years. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Seth Fuller died July 19, 1837.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Leah Fuller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
L. 29,555
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1775 Fifer Isaac Wood Learned Shepard Mass   discharged July 1777 at Chatham                                            
Battles engaged in, Trenton & Princeton, New Jersey, 1776-77. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Cambridge, Mass. Date of application for pension, March 1824. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Hartford, Windsor Co., Vt. Age at date of application, sixty-six years. Remarks: He returned to his wife aged 62 yrs (name not stated) & daughter Susan aged 22 yrs.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

MRS. FRANKLIN NORWOOD ROGERS
401 North River Road Manchester, New Hampshire
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am looking for information (for family records and lineage) on the names of the following men:
✓ Daniel Clough Haverhill Mass 77 yrs old - Census of Pensions for 1840.
✓ Seth Fuller of Hartford Vermont b. 1794 aged 66 yrs. applied for pension about 1820. at Hartford Vt.
I would appreciate any information which you

MRS. FRANKLIN NORWOOD ROGERS
401 North River Road Manchester, New Hampshire
may have on your records. of Seth Fuller's father & children are given please list them.
Very Truly Yours. Bernice Clough Rogers.
May 27, 1937.

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   HENRY F. ASHURST, ARIZ., CHAIRMAN WILLIAM H. KING, UTAH M. M. NEELY, W. VA. FREDERICK VAN NUYS, IND. PATRICK MCCARRAN, NEV. M. M. LOGAN, KY. WILLIAM H. DIETERICH, ILL. GEORGE MC GILL, KANS. CARL A. HATCH, N. MEX. EDWARD R. BURKE, NEBR. KEY PITTMAN, NEV. TOM CONNALLY, TEX. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, WYO.  WILLIAM E. BORAH, IDAHO GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR. DANIEL O. HASTINGS, DEL. WARREN R. AUSTIN, VT.  
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
January 11, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
my Will you kindly advise me if the name SETH FULLER appears in the Revolutionary War records as a soldier serving at that time?
The information which I have is to the effect that Seth Fuller enlisted from Dedham, Massachusetts, but he later lived in Francestown, New Hampshire.
Any information which is available through your records regarding this man who, presumably, served in the Revolutionary War, will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Warren R. Austin
W:L.

39555
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 39555
Seth Fuller
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 8 , Page 18 th
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1919 May 13. Hist. to Mrs. Helen F. Daily letter in W File 19302 Daniel Fuller
1927 Jan. 13. Hist. to Hon. Warren R. Austin M.C.S.
1927 June 24. Hist. to Mrs. Franklin N. Rogers. M.C.S.